Advanced Cybercore Youth Career Academy
When
July 28, 2025 - Aug. 1, 2025
Where
ATIC Building #500
Students ages 12 to 17 are welcome to learn in a fun and hands-on environment at our Applied Technology & Innovation Center 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Scholarships available. Lunch is provided Monday - Friday.
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What is Advanced Cybercore Youth Career Academy?
Advanced Cybercore Career Academy is a summer program designed in collaboration with the College of Eastern Idaho, Idaho National Laboratory, Cybercore Integration Center and STEM K-12 program, Idaho Falls District 91, additional industry partners, and area universities to introduce high school students and local Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers to cybersecurity and related topics. Students ages 12-17 with an interest in computer programming, networking, and cybersecurity will participate in hands-on learning activities.
What Will Your Students Experience?
Join us for a five-day advanced career academy designed to expand understanding of the world of cyber-physical computing systems that are all around us, building on our basic academy and focusing on more advanced topics. This is done in the context of working with Raspberry Pi personal computers and laptops to discover more advanced issues of cybersecurity, system configuration, networking, programming and circuit design. Throughout the week, students will have opportunities to discuss ethical and legal issues of cybersecurity.
Students will also get to tour Idaho National Lab's world-class facilities where researchers tackle the nation's most pressing problems. Interact with peers and mentors and explore the possibilities of a challenging and rewarding career path. On the last day of the academy, students use their new skills to solve challenging puzzles and "capture the flag." Participants must have attended the Introduction to Cybercore Career Academy in order to participate in this academy.
REGISTERYou Will Learn:
- Advanced computing, using Windows and Linux
- Programming with python
- Circuit design
- Binary, hex, encoding, and cryptography
- Safe and secure online behavior
- Cybersecurity "capture the flag"
Make new friends and great memories - can you hack it?
The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse. It is a capable little device that enables people of all ages to explore computing, and to learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python. You can play games, create programs, control hardware like home automation and a lot more. This is an awesome machine to experiment and with. With a Raspberry Pi you will learn Linux and open up a whole area of programming and computing you never knew existed.
Teacher Professional Development
Thanks to our partnership with the College of Southern Idaho, teachers can earn PD credits by:
- Registering & participating in this one week program
- Registering for professional development credits (3) upon completion of event here
Thank You to Our Career Academy Sponsors!
2024 Sponsors
This work is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, NextGen Program
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